2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Virginia
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With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 14,701 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia.
Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Virginia
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.
GMU also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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